Category: Travel Diary

  • Christchurch, NZ: Day 11-Waipara Wine Tour

    Christchurch, NZ: Day 11-Waipara Wine Tour

    I don’t know why but I didn’t get the best sleep last night and it took me longer than usual to get to sleep. Today is Tuesday now and today is the last day that we have a scheduled activity which is a Waipara Wine Tour with Lunch. Oddly enough…

  • Christchurch, NZ: Day 10-Taking on New Heights

    Christchurch, NZ: Day 10-Taking on New Heights

    To end our free day last night my mom and I ended up binge watching the last half of Squid Game: The Challenge (Trinity made me so mad with his decision but I was content with the ending). We decided to pre-order our Uber for our activity today and then…

  • Christchurch, NZ: Day 8-Blokart Land-sailing and Adventure Park Chair Lift

    Christchurch, NZ: Day 8-Blokart Land-sailing and Adventure Park Chair Lift

    I think that we were both happy at the fact that we got a chance to sleep in this morning. Our 1st activity was originally scheduled for 12pm but due to some lite rain last night and the wind they pushed it back to 12:45pm. First up for today is…

  • Christchurch, NZ: Day 7: Christchurch Walking Tour

    Christchurch, NZ: Day 7: Christchurch Walking Tour

    Last night was a bit up and down for me. We got to Christchurch a little later than expected due to a flight delay and the same goes for the Airbnb (as the home is not facing the road). We needed to do 2 loads of clothes and that seemed…

  • Auckland, NZ: Day 4-Dolphin and Whale Watching Eco Cruise

    Auckland, NZ: Day 4-Dolphin and Whale Watching Eco Cruise

    Time seems to be going by quickly for us here in Auckland as it is already Tuesday and we’ll leave for Christchurch Thursday. Today we are doing our last scheduled activity which is a Whale and Dolphin Watching Half Day Eco-Cruise. It’s supposed to (and did) rain today and the…

  • Auckland, NZ: Day 3-Skydiving and the Sky Tower

    Auckland, NZ: Day 3-Skydiving and the Sky Tower

    What an exciting day we have planned today! The 1st order of business is that my mom is going to skydive from 13,000 ft with Skydive Auckland. I am happy, nervous and excited for her all at the same time. I believe she is brave to do this because it…

  • Auckland, NZ: Day 2-Tours and Sightseeing

    Auckland, NZ: Day 2-Tours and Sightseeing

    Waking up early here was no different than waking up early at home as I found myself awake at 6:30am on this beautiful Sunday. We planned to leave the hotel at 9am to head into the city for our Free Auckland City Walking Tour. The meeting location was near the…

  • Auckland, NZ: Day 1-Long Travels & Then Wine

    Auckland, NZ: Day 1-Long Travels & Then Wine

    The time has come for the New Zealand trip and the timing is bittersweet with the recent lost of my maternal grandmother. My mom and I hope her spirit joins us as we embark on this very long trip. With the government shutdown literally just ending I was a bit…

  • Quito, Ecuador: Day 8-Vamos a Cocinar

    Quito, Ecuador: Day 8-Vamos a Cocinar

    Believe it or not I’ve been up since 2:30am after falling asleep around 10:30pm (I ended up doing my write-up and posts on my socials for the day and just stayed awake). The cooking class that we had scheduled for Thursday had been re-scheduled for this morning and we were…

  • Quito, Ecuador: Day 7-Mitad del Mundo/Pinchincha Volcano Cable Car

    Quito, Ecuador: Day 7-Mitad del Mundo/Pinchincha Volcano Cable Car

    As our trip to Quito, Ecuador comes to an end there were a couple of things that we must do before leaving. This morning at 9am we had a reservation for the Tour Mitad del Mundo (aka Middle of the World Tour) on a Quito double decker tour bus. We…